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CASH-CARRYING APPARATUS.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,965, dated June 30,1885.

Application tiled May 27, 18L`5. (o modeLl To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, DAVID HALL Rien, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Cash-Carrying Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to cash-carrying apparatus; and it consists incertain improvements in the elevators for tracks and carriers shown inthe Letters Patent No. 314,264, granted to me March 24, 1885, and in animproved receptacle or basket for receiving the carriers from the track,substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis aside elevation of a portion of the trackand an elevator provided with my improvements with the carrier partly insection. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same from the section-line AA of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same on the line B B of Fig. lwith the elevator in the position of delivering the carrier upon thetrack. Fig. 4 is the same view with the elevator in position afterhaving delivered the carrier to receive another from the operator. sideview of my improved basket receiver for the carrier. Fig. 6 is an endview of the same.

A is the track lformed of two rails in the form of round rods, and beingsupported by frames c* a2, and stayed by horizontal braces or bars c c'.In this track are interposed two pivoted rail-sections, a a, in the pathof the elevator-carriage to allow the carrier to be passed between themonto the track, as described in my said former patent. All of the aboveparts are well understood, and their further description is unnecessary.

On the opposite sides of the frames a2 a2, I attach two horizontal flatbars, b b, and upon these afiix collars b b', iitted to receive thevertical rods b2 b2, which depend from the ceiling of the room and passthrough these collars, which thus steady the rods. These rods eX- tenddownward to within easy reach of an attendant, and are tied together attheir lower ends by the cross-bar b3. On these rods is mounted avertically-sliding gate, b4, by four collars, as shown, having on eachside of the two upper ones eyelets to fasten cords upon to raise thegate. Upon the latter is xed a cup,

b5, formed of a segment of a circular piece of metal, of a curvature to'it the outer periph- V. Fig. o is aY ery of the carrier and hold itwhile being elevated. This cup is made narrower transversely than thespace between the rail-sections c c, and has its edge over which theball is to be delivered to the track made lower than the opposite one,which comes up behind the carrier above its center to hold it securelyupon that side and prevent its being thrown out by another carrier ifstruck by it while the elevator is above the track-level. On this sideof the cup b5 is attached an extension of it, b, which curves around thecarrier still farther, and then projects forward and upward in a widercurve and terminates in a vertical upward projection at its free end,like a finger or vertical bar. The purpose of this wider curve of b6 isto form a deilector tolling the ball foret bly out of the cup b5 uponthe track, as hereinafter described, and the purpose of its verticaliinger end is to throw another carrier,v

which may be passing along the track in the path of the elevator as itis raised, out of the way, as hereinafter described, both of whichobjects are accomplished by the conformation described in relation tothe cup b5.

As each'carrier has a circumferential groove, c, around it, I afiix inthe interior of the cup b5, in proper position to register with thisgroove, a curved spline, bl, which aids in holding the carrier in thecup b5.

The cross-bar b3 is extended laterally upon curate delivery of thelatter between them to the cup and its being tipped out of the lattersidewise. These side rods may be extended upward to the track, ifdesired, and where the spline b1 is not used should do so. properdistance from their lower ends tw'o short horizontal rods, b b, projectfrom them in the direction toward which the ball is delivered andparallel to the track-sections a c, and beyond the path of the carrierwhen raised in the elevator. rlhe outer ends of these horizontal rodsare tied together by the transverse bar b1, also outside of this path ofthe carrier, and from the center of this transverse bar extendsVvertically upward, parallel with said path, the fixed rod bu, havingvits upper end Atabent toward and xed in the contiguous frame a, asshown. The function of this rod bm, like bs 128, is to prevent theaccidental falling of the carrier from the cup b5 while being elevatedto the track.

Around the rods b2 b2 and below the collars b b are attached spiralsprings b13 b, as shown, by their upper ends being fixed in the collars.

Depending from the upper bar a', on each side of the path of the carrierover the track, are flat side guides, a3, with their lower endsterminating above the path of the pivoted railsections a a, while to thetrack-rails on the same side of the elevator are attached t-wo other atguide-plates, a* a4. The function of these guide-pieces is to oblige thecarrier as it is flung from the cup b5 to drop upon the track withoutcramping or binding.

Suitable cords and pulleys having been attached to the ceiling and theears of the gate b4, the elevator is operated as follows: The carrier isrolled into the cup b5 between the rods bE which guide its groove ontothe spline b". The elevator is then raised quickly until the collars ofthe gate b* compress the flexible springs b13 I)13 against the fixedcollars b b', when the sudden stopping ofthe cup b5 throws the carrierupward and it strikes against the deilector b6 and is deilected forward,falling upon the track outside the cup b5 and rolling away with themomentum thus acquired. Should, however, the gate b be raised slowlyuntil the springs 513 are thus compressed and it then be released-thetrack sections a a having dropped beneath the wheel-treads of thecarrier-the springs b13 Z113 will throw the gate quickly downward andbring the deflec- -tor b against the back side of the carrier, thusgiving it a momentum over the track.

It thus becomes impossible to raise the elevator either quickly orslowly without causing the detlector to project the carrier upon itspath.

Above the cross-bar b3 rubber collars b1* b1* are placed upon the rodsb2 b2 to prevent any shock by the gate b4 in falling, which the gatedoes by its own weight.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown my improved receiving-basket for the carrier.I provide the -V frames a a, between which the open space or trap isleft in the track for the carrier to drop through, with guide-bars a5a5, one on each side ofthe hole, projecting inward far enough to obligeAthe carrier to drop directly downward between them. Over this space andthe track I tix the spring defleetor d, which directs the carrierdownward through the space. This deflector is made to press upon the topof the carrier slightly before it has left the track and thus check itsmomentum without stoppingA it, or preventing its falling through thespace. To the frames a2 a2, I attach four rods, d d', bent inward andthen carried directly downward under the space or trap in such relationto it and each other as to allow the carrier to slide freely downbetween them. A hoop or band, d2, of proper shape to allow the carrierto pass.

through it, connects the lower ends of these rods. A flat sideguidestrip, cl3 d3, is also attached on each side of the trap to thebars a5 a5, and extends downward and is attached to the band d2 to whichit is attached.

It will be observed that the edge of the carrier projects outside of therods d d as it falls downward between them. On the outside faces of theguide-bars a5 a5, I pivot bars d4 d", two on each side, so as to turnfreely on their pivots, and these bars extend downward, so that thelower end of one of them on one guide-bar a5 projects one way outside ofthe adjacent rod d', and of the other one projects in the oppositedirection outside of the opposite adjacent rod, while those on the otherguide-bar project downward in like manner, .so that their lower endscome opposite those of the first pair. these bars d4 cl* are thenconnected across outside the rods d d to each other and to other bars d*d* by the cross-rods d5 d5, so as to be pivoted thereon and articulatesaid bars d4 d" d* d4 together. being thus articulated to the first pairon each side are carried` downward and across the rods d d on that sidein opposite directions until their lower ends project .beyond said rods,and where the said pair cross each other on each side they are pivotedtogether by a pivot, d. The opposite ends of these second bars d4 d* arethen connected across by rods d5 d5 to each other, and to a third set ofbars d4 d4, so as to pivot freely thereon and together. The lower endsof each pair of these third rods d* d* are then brought togetherdownward on each side and connected to each other and to the oppositeends of a dependent bail, dl, by a pivot, d, so that they and the bailwill turn freely thereon. This latter pivot projects into a slot, d8, inthe vertical guidestrip d on each side of the receiver, so as to playfreely up and down in said slot. The series of articulated bars d* d* d*d* d4 d* and their cross-rods d5 d5 d5 di' thus form with the sideguide-strips, d, a receiver in which the latter, by means of the slotsd8 da in them and the pivots d d, which work up and down in the slots,cause the rods d5 d5 to be brought a proper distance apart and allowthem to be separated by lifting on these pivots d d in proportion to thelength of the slots.

The rods d d or strips d d may be used with this articulated basket, oreither said rods or said strips may be dispensed with and the other of.them used, as either alone form convenient supports for the band d2 andpresent a smooth surface upon the inside of the basket, and alsoregulate the distance apart of the bars d5 d5.

The upper pair of rods Z5 d5, Fig. 6, are adjusted to the properdistance apart to allow the carrier falling through them to separatethem by the pressure of its opposite curved sides and descend to thesecond pair of rods d5 d5. When another carrier falls upon the upperpair of rods and opens them, the car- The second pair of bars d* d Theopposite lower ends of IOO IIC

rier already in the basket has its supporting rods also expanded anddrops into the bail (Z7, while the second one is caught by the rods ithas just left. Thus a second carrier dropping into the basket alwaysautomatically lowers the one already there to the next rods below or tothe bail J7. This bail is provided with a handle, di", and if it isdesired to bring a carrier down which has dropped upon the bars d5 d5 inthe basket the operator takes hold of this handle and lifts slightlyupon'the bail, which raises the pivots d d and expands the bars d5 d5,allowing the carrier to drop down into the bail. The bail contains acon-v cave platform, d, which prevents it from swinging away frombeneath the carrier by the dropping of the latter upon it; but the bailmay be swung away by hand and the carrier removed at any time. The baili7 may be dispensed with and the carriers caught by hand as they arereleased from the bars d5 d5,- but the bail is an important addition tothe basket.

This articulated basket is connected to the track A', and is made toreceive the carriers sent by the elevator mechanism before described,and the form of the two is adapted to operate the same carrier; but thebasket may be used with another form of elevator or track and carrier bythe proper changes in its form.

What I claim as new and of my invention 1sl. In combination with thetrack A', the lelevator-cup b5, provided with the defiector b, bent overthe cup with such a curve and at such a distance as to cause the carrierto strike against it when the cup is elevated and suddenly stopped andthe carrier to be deflected out of said cup, and appliances forelevating and stopping said cup suddenly, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the guide-rods b2 b2, the cup b5, sliding thereonand provided with the deflector bs, curved over said cup, the pivotedtrack-sections aa, and one or more springs, b1, adjusted to throw thecup and detlector quickly downward after the trapsections have droppedbeneath the carrier in the cup and thus give an impulse to the carrieron the track, substantially as described.

8. The combination ofthe track A', provided with pivoted track-sectionsa a, the vertically rising and falling elevator-cup b5, provided withthe arm bs, projecting upward above the carrierseat in said cup inposition to pass between said track-sections in advance of the carrierbeing elevated and push aside another carrier traversing the said track,and mechanism for elevating said cup, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the elevator-cup b, provided with the spline Z,and the carrier provided with the groove c, registering therewith whenthe carrier is in position inthe cup, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the track A', the elevator-cup b5, adapted to passfreely through which the carrier is introduced into the cup,

and mechanism for elevating said cup, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the track vA', having a trap or space therein orconnected therewith for the passage of the carrier downward, and thearticulated basket formed of the series of pivoted side bars, d* dt,their opposite connecting-rods d5 d5, and one or more supportingpiecesfor said side bars, adjusted to regulate the distance which saidopposite rods da d5 can approach each other while allowing them torecede from each other, substantially as described.

8. In combination with the articulated basket formed of the pivoted sidebars, dA1 d4, and opposite connecting-rods d5 d5, and one or moresupporting-pieces forsaid side bars, adjusted toregulate the distancewhich said opposlte rods d5 d5 can approach each other while allowingthem to recede from each other, the piv-A oted bail dl, substantially asdescribed.

9. The combination of the track provided with a space or trap for thepassage of thecarrier downward and a receiver beneath said trap providedwith a swinging bottom part pivoted to the receiver by side bars, andpivots Z9 d9 above the lower end of the same, and adapted to be swungfrom under the carrier and allow the latter to drop downward out of thereceiver, substantially as des Jribed.

DAVID HALL RICE.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM P. BLAKE, N. I. OCKINGTON.

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